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lectures. they brought the Sao Paulo public into contact
with the contemporary movements. In any case. it was a
beginning. and the repercussions could also be felt
in Rio de Janeiro. Few of those who started the move­
ment were of great.importance themselves. but they
were the pioneers of modern art in Brazil.
After 1922 artists went to Europe more frequently;
the wood-engraver Goeldi and the painter Guignard
returned after long stays there. Portinari appeared on the
scene. and Brazilian architecture began to be talked
Antonio Bandeira about The Second World War brought some good
In the Park, 1955 foreign artists to Brazil. and their beneficial influence
40 X 49½ in. could be felt Museums of Modern Art were founded in
Rio de Janeiro. Sao Paulo. and other cities. the first
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Tomie Ohtal<e Biennale of Sao Paulo took place in 1951. Modern art
IV, 1961 had finally arrived in Brazil.
39 X 43 in. Tho time has come when it becomes possible to look
back. and to .ittempt a critical evaluation of the various
3 values and levels in Brazilian art; and the time has also
Frank Schaeffer come to try and look at things coldly, unsentimentally.
Machine II, 1963
51½ X 64 in. and without being prompted by exaggerated nationalism
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